I'm calling it now: Self-hating lesbian who turned born-again as a way of overcompensating. Not that I've ever heard of this person before, but at this point, homophobes' motivations are about as diverse as romantic comedies' plots.

Way to go, Michelle. Either you're whoring out your spirituality for publicity or you're sincerely a bigot and a solid reason why more and more Americans are actively grouping Christianity with fundamentalist Islam.

Man, Bob Dylan gets religion and we get a lot of songs with awesome gospel style layered over blues about how quitting drugs is hard and getting your life back on track is painful but worthwhile. The Beatles get (strange) religion, and you get five-minute sitar ballads about how everyone should relax and get along and shiat.

Stupid pop-rock bullshiat kiddies get religion and we get rants about evil homosexuals.

That's a pretty good illustration of why modern music has kinda gone downhill since the 80s, I think. The singers just aren't real people with actual life experiences and problems and so on anymore.

WhyteRaven74:She's been a born again for years now, and she was raised Mormon. And yes that strengthens your point.

So, I just checked Wiki, since I didn't realise she had a career - and it has a whole paragraph debating whether or not she's gay, ending in a firm "Probably." Of course. When the only things I need to know are "Do they hate gay people," "Are they loud and obnoxious about it" and "Are they Christian"... Forget romantic comedies, friggin' Mario games have harder plots to guess.

She was "Bi" but now she's born again. The guy across the hall from me works at yoshi's he said people were like :O :O did she just say.... :O then walked out and the stage hands cut the lights and mic... Those who didn't quite catch what she said were looking around saying what just happened...

You don't tug on Superman's cape,You don't spit into the windYou don't pull the mask off that ol' Lone RangerAnd you don't be homophobic in 2013 ever

Like many others, I thought she was gay. Still do, in fact. Whatever delusions she's under, Jesus-induced or otherwise, San Francisco was a poor choice of venues for sharing that opinion. Not that it would be any better in Mobile or Des Moines. That said, I would like more context than what was given in the article. It's second-hand info from a concert organizer. Maybe he missed the sarcasm. Probably not, but it'd still be good to have a better understanding of what prompted her to say what she did.

Dayum, what a shame. I liked her music. Back in the day she was pretty righteous -- hard left-leaning, populist '80s folkie who even recorded a track ("Fogtown") with pro-queer punks MDC on her album "Short Sharp Shocked," on which front cover is a photo of her getting choked by a cop with his baton.

Michelle, I am disappoint. Go fark off to Topeka and the Phelpses, or go join those Warren Jeffs-worshipping freaks in Colorado City. Or better yet, rediscover that queer Anarchist folkie that you used to be, cast off the holy roller yoke and apologize to your fans.

Jim_Callahan:Man, Bob Dylan gets religion and we get a lot of songs with awesome gospel style layered over blues about how quitting drugs is hard and getting your life back on track is painful but worthwhile. The Beatles get (strange) religion, and you get five-minute sitar ballads about how everyone should relax and get along and shiat.

Stupid pop-rock bullshiat kiddies get religion and we get rants about evil homosexuals.

That's a pretty good illustration of why modern music has kinda gone downhill since the 80s, I think. The singers just aren't real people with actual life experiences and problems and so on anymore.

David Dreiman would like a word with you. (At least I like Disturbed and his new thing, Device I think it's called)

In other news, her 1st Amendment right to speak her stupid bigoted opinions has backfired with other people expressing their right to respond to her stupid bigoted opinions by ending her already failing career. Would be even better if her manager dropped her too, but at some point some other anti-gay crusader will probably cry that she's being oppressed.

nucular bum:Dayum, what a shame. I liked her music. Back in the day she was pretty righteous -- hard left-leaning, populist '80s folkie who even recorded a track ("Fogtown") with pro-queer punks MDC on her album "Short Sharp Shocked," on which front cover is a photo of her getting choked by a cop with his baton.

Michelle, I am disappoint. Go fark off to Topeka and the Phelpses, or go join those Warren Jeffs-worshipping freaks in Colorado City. Or better yet, rediscover that queer Anarchist folkie that you used to be, cast off the holy roller yoke and apologize to your fans.

From wikipedia:

"There are some inconvenient truths that I'm now a born again, sanctified, saved-in-the-blood Christian. So much of what's said and done in the name of that Christianity is appalling. According to my Bible, which I didn't write, homosexuality is immoral. But homosexuality is no more or less a sin than fornication. And I'm a fornicator with a capital F."

Shocked was arrested during the November 29, 2011, eviction of the Occupy Los Angelas movement.

She seems to be conflicted at the very least. There may have been more of a message she was trying to spout off who knows though.